فلاكت

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian فلاکت (falākat). Compare Azerbaijani fəlakət.

Noun

فلاكت • (felaket)

  1. adversity, misfortune
  2. disaster, catastrophe
  • فلك (felek, “sphere of the heavens; fortune, fate”)

Descendants

  • Turkish: felâket

References

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